The Lead Consultant – SAP CPI (Integration Suite) is responsible for leading end-to-end integration design and delivery across SAP and non-SAP landscapes. This role ensures scalable, secure, and high-performance integrations aligned with enterprise architecture, while driving stakeholder engagement and delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities

1. Solution Design & Architecture

• Lead the design of integration solutions using SAP CPI / SAP Integration Suite
• Define integration architecture for cloud-to-cloud, cloud-to-on-premise, and hybrid scenarios
• Ensure adherence to SAP best practices, enterprise integration patterns, and governance standards
• Translate business requirements into high-quality technical specifications 

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2. Delivery & Implementation

• Lead development and deployment of integration flows (iFlows)
• Implement integration scenarios using:
  • REST, SOAP, OData, IDoc, SFTP, APIs
• Drive integration patterns including:
  • Message mapping, XSLT mapping, value mapping
• Ensure robust exception handling and error management frameworks

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3. Technical Leadership

• Mentor and guide a team of CPI developers and consultants
• Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and enforce quality standards
• Provide technical leadership in complex integration scenarios and performance optimization

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4. Monitoring & Support

• Ensure proactive monitoring using:
  • Message monitoring, trace logs, artifact monitoring 
• Drive RCA, performance tuning, and stability improvements
• Support production issues and ensure SLA adherence

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5. Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Engage with business and IT stakeholders to define integration strategy
• Lead client discussions, solution walkthroughs, and governance calls
• Provide effort estimation, impact analysis, and solution proposals

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6. Governance & Best Practices

• Define and enforce:
  • Integration design standards
  • Reusable frameworks and templates
• Ensure compliance with security protocols (OAuth, API security, data protection)
• Support audits and documentation for enterprise compliance

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7. Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Identify automation opportunities and reduce manual integration effort
• Drive adoption of:
  • API-led architecture
  • Event-driven integration
• Contribute to solution accelerators and reusable assets

Core Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in SAP CPI / SAP Integration Suite
• Expertise in:
  • Integration patterns (EIP), API management, middleware architecture
• Experience with:
  • REST, SOAP, IDoc, RFC, OData, SFTP protocols
• Strong skills in:
  • Groovy scripting, XSLT, message transformations

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Additional Technical Skills

• Experience with SAP ECC and S/4HANA integrations
• Knowledge of:
  • OAuth 2.0, API security, cloud integration concepts
• Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps practices in integration landscape

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Functional & Domain Exposure (Preferred)

• Experience in Oil & Gas / Manufacturing / Supply Chain landscapes
• Integration across:
  • SAP and third-party systems (Sample Manager, MES, external APIs, etc.)